HIV / AIDS New and updated CDC resources on HIV and AIDS
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Fact Sheet: Understanding the HIV Care Continuum
on August 2, 2019 at 8:28 pm
The Understanding the HIV Care Continuum fact sheet explains the various approaches and data used to develop the continuum and how it is used to improve outcomes for people with HIV in the United States. It also helps guide the nation's response to HIV. […]
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Fact Sheet: Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes in the United States
on August 2, 2019 at 8:26 pm
The Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes fact sheet describes select indicators that are used to monitor progress toward reaching U.S. national goals outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, 2020 (NHAS 2020). […]
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Injection Practices and Sexual Behaviors Among Persons with Diagnosed HIV Infection Who Inject Drugs - United States, 2015-2017
on August 1, 2019 at 7:54 pm
Approximately 10% of HIV-positive PWID engaged in distributive injection equipment sharing; nonsterile syringe acquisition and unsafe disposal methods were common. HIV-positive PWID were also more likely to have engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors. Eighty percent did not receive treatment for substance use. […]
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Threefold Increases in Population HIV Viral Load Suppression Among Men and Young Adults - Bukoba Municipal Council, Tanzania, 2014-2017
on August 1, 2019 at 7:53 pm
In Bukoba, Tanzania, scale-up of new testing, linkage to care, and retention on antiretroviral therapy interventions over 2.5 years helped increase VLS among HIV-positive persons approximately twofold overall (from 28.6% to 64.8%) and threefold among men (20.5% to 59.1%) and adults aged 18-29 years (15.6% to 56.7%). […]
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Video: HIV Journey to Undetectable
on July 31, 2019 at 8:10 pm
CDC was funded by SMAIF to accelerate the development and dissemination of communication messages, materials, and trainings promoting the benefits of HIV treatment adherence and viral suppression, placing particular emphasis on the knowledge that people with HIV (PWH) who take HIV medicine as prescribed and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV through sex. […]